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Jazz in the Afternoon Wednesday

Jazz in the Afternoon digs into the archive Wednesday and presents a show from Friday August 28, 2015 hosted by Mike Jacobs.

The show will feature some new music from that time period including Heads of State and the John Fedchock New York Big Band as well as some classic material from Ray Brown, Gil Evans and WesMontgomery.

Mike Jacobs has been with KIOS since 1988 while attending the University of Nebraska at Omaha. Mike began his career at KIOS working weekends acting as local host for NPR’s Weekend Edition. He also hosted Morning Edition from 1990-1996. Mike began hosting the weekly blues program “Blues in the Afternoon” in October 1994 and took on the responsibilities of jazz programming and maintaining the music library in 1996. He has held the position of Music Director since 2002. In addition to hosting “Jazz in the Afternoon” on Wednesdays and Thursdays, Mike also helps with assembling music for “Jazz From Studio One” hosted by the advanced radio students at the Omaha Public Schools Career Center. Mike is an Omaha native and graduated from Technical High School in 1984.